The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-18

event.
Troy, New York, December H.-John
HawsOn, the well known comedian, Is
dead.
SARA JEwETT's benefit was set for the
18th, at the Union Square, the scene OF
so many of her early successes.
A REPORT is current that Maude Har-
ris0n. of the Madison Square Theatre
company, is to be married to James a.
Carson, Of Chicago.
WILLIAM GILLETTE has revised the
third act of She. The play will be seen
| in its revised shape for the first time
next Monday night.
CARLETON played in Galveston, Texas,
last night. He comes up to San
| Francisco, and calls here on his way
East, arriving possibly some time in
February.
STEELE MAcKAYE is out with new
| name for his play. Last week it was
Between the Two, now it is Pal
KauVsr. or Anarchy. Annie Robe
takes the part formerly assumed by
"Our Geneve."
KATHERINE RosERs has been and is
still very Ill. She had offered her ser
vices for Miss Jewett's benefit, and a
part had been assigned her, but she has
| oeen compelled to return it, as she will
not. in ali probability, be able to act for
some time to come.
Mr.. HENRY IRVING said to reporter:
with me every night is Erst night
| No, Faust never becomes tlresome.
for there is always something to be
polished or improved. 1t is easy to
imagine that an actor doing the same
| thing for aundrads of nights would al
low his periormace to become perfume
| tory, but the truth is that the actor
playing part for long time has con-
stantiy recurring opportunities OF de-
veloping his study Of it. l have taken
advantage Of the long run of Faust to
add 10 It's effects and to- develop the
| character OF Mephistopheles, aud you
know l am aided every night by the
helping influences Of fresh audience.
MR. HERBERT Kelley, of the Lyceum
| Company, says that he feels equally in
| tsrested in all his performances, but
| somewhat more stimulated by the
| mstinees, because OF the extra ap-
plause. He says that he feels that Sat-
| urday night audiences are much more
critical and more heeniy alive and sus-
cept6le to the points of the perform
ance. The part be likes The best of the
| many he has played Of late. is his p es-
ent role in The Wife, for OBJ
ylous reasons. He also enjoyed the
grim bumor of his part of the Pr Ice,
in The Great Pink Pearl The Spider.
i'll the Silver King, was regarded by MS
friends as being his best character part.
As To rehearSais, he is not aVsrSe to the
work: on the whole, rather prefers
ihem to absolute idlensas. Though an
Engllshman, he buys his clothes ia New
YORK. and enjoys America and the
Americans.
By THE terms of his contract with
Henry Abtey, 0 ,mond Tea1ie's name
IS to go first on the bills, except when
john GILBERT appears. The other
day Mr.. Tearle found that the
announcement Of Forget Ne Not
contained the words, and Rose
Coghlan," This little word "anon ,
constituted violation of agreement on
DIR. Abbey part. Mr.. TeaTle wrote
letter to the manager stating that his !
contract must be respected; that the |
organization was stock company, and |
there were to be no stars. No answer |
came. Two days before the production |
Of Forget Ne Not, Mr. Tearle sent an
other notification to the eff CT that some |
one else would have to be secured for |
his position Immediately, unless the |
Objectionable form of advertisement |
were altered. This communication
brought Manager Abbey around to the |
stage-door in an excited state of mind.
He protested at first, but finally ac-
knowledged the Justice of Mr.. TearIe's
demand, and promised to attend to it.
Since that time the advertisements
oil ~ I
perfectly right He asked no special
for himself, but he required
that none should be extended to Others
he has been star as well as Miss |
Coghlan-now they are both in the
stock, and stock rules and regulations
must prevail throughout.-AiTr0T.
TIE ST. PAUL (Minn.) Daily Globe
says: "a ST, Paul gentleman, who WAS
On visit 10 Macon, Ga, few weeks
ago. says that he saw q most l.. dicrous
performance of Julius Cesar in thai
own. Tom Keene s company hsd been
Piiayif & IN Atlanta and came over to
Macon to I'LL an engagement. 1t was
hiring the Presidential visit and the
railro, DIS were oyercroWded, Keens's
company managed to get to Macon in
lime % open ths engage ment, but the
baggage ives all left behind. When the
,urtsiH arose Mr.. Kesne came TO the
ront Of the stage and explained the ,
and said If the audience did
lot desire to see performance
vithoat the costuning and ap-
'roprfste stage properties they | 1
pald retire aud their money II
Vould be rei unde'i at the box Office. a
ny Wen; up from aIl over ,ha house.
DO on and give Us a performance with
ut the costumes The house was
lacked. Bvery body stayed in their y
eats and the play went on. Julius
'Rsar Appeared on the Lupercal in a
Prince Albert coat and
ilk hat, while Cas&ius wore an abridged
rock aud d derby ETutus was ettired =
4 Scotch plaid cutawRy. he Stabbed{
'@sar with q carving knife borrowed
rom the hotel where ths company
topped. Mark Antony stood on the
cad OF -four barrel with ninneapo-
8 brand on it while he stirred the mul-
tude to mutinv. Taken altogether. it
'as one of the most singular
OF American and Roman |
leas that the stage ever presented. +"